Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph blew over several fruit trees about 30 feet tall and moved around some bails of hay. Power was out for several hours.
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Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph blew over several fruit trees about 30 feet tall and moved around some bails of hay. Power was out for several hours.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 2:04 PM PST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 304 PM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010 .SYNOPSIS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO ELKO COUNTY THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHT RAIN OR SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA ON WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE WEATHER WILL BE BENIGN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN LIMITED MAINLY TO ELKO COUNTY...HOWEVER HAVE HAD A STRIKE OR TWO IN WHITE PINE COUNTY AS WELL. GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COUPLE STORMS IN THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 50-55 MPH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS WELL...AS A 60-65KT H3 JET ALOFT KEEPS SOME INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. WEAK INSTABILITY LINGERS OVER THE CENTRAL NEVADA HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST OVER THE RUBY MTS...AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD BE LOW END ISOLATED IN COVERAGE. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AS A SURFACE LOW PARKS OVER NORTHEASTERN NEVADA...LEADING TO GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION THURSDAY. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS NRN AND CNTRL NV FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR COOLER TEMPS WITH HIGHS IN MID 70S TO LOWER 80S NORTH AND IN THE 80S ACROSS CNTRL NV. DRY AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH SO NO TSTMS OR PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. TROUGH BEGINS TO LIFT OUT OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY FOR A WARMING TREND WITH HIGH TEMPS WARMING BACK INTO THE MID 80S TO THE LOWER 90S BY MONDAY. SOME MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO CNTRL NV ON TUESDAY FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THRU 03Z MAINLY ACROSS NERN NV WITH ABOUT A 10 PCT CHANCE OF A TSTM AT THE KEKO TERMINAL AND ABOUT A 5 PCT CHANCE AT KWMC. && .FIRE WEATHER...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELKO COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL KEEP DRY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LIMITED TO MAINLY ZONES 454 468 469 AND 470...WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL LEAD TO BENIGN WEATHER THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE BREEZY MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 96/91/91
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 144 PM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010 NVZ031-032-034-292130- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE NV-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 144 PM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM PDT... AT 140 PM PDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SPRING CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SPRING CREEK... RYNDON... DEETH... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4125 11542 4112 11506 4069 11547 4078 11577 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 211DEG 25KT 4086 11551
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 215 PM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010 NVZ031-032-292145- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY NV-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY NV- 215 PM PDT TUE JUN 29 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM PDT... AT 210 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... RURAL EASTERN ELKO COUNTY... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 4162 11480 4145 11436 4109 11474 4118 11502 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 209DEG 26KT 4122 11477
The Elko radar (KLRX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph blew down several fruit trees around 30 feet tall and moved around some bails of hay. Power was out for several hours.
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